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WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. A GOOD .44-40 'MODEL 1892' LEVER-ACTION REPEATING SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 49122, with factory letter, manufactured in 1895, with blued, round 24 1/4in. barrel signed on two lines 'MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN CONN USA', special order 'Winchester Express' beaded blade fore-sight, rare 'Winchester Express' rear-sight with standing notch and two folding leaves, blued receiver with contrasting blued load-gate, screws and extractor, colour hardened central hammer, top-tang stamped 'MODEL 1892 WINCHESTER PAT. OCT. 14 1884', walnut shotgun style butt-stock with blued heel-plate, colour-hardened finger-lever, walnut fore-end, full-length under-barrel tubular magazine and eyelets for a Winchester sling, complete in an English market canvas storage case with leather trim, the interior lined and compartmented in red baize and including a rare nickel-plated muzzle-protector, the lid outer initialled 'A.M.G.', together with a provenance letter from the Cody Firearms Museum. S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act

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WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. A GOOD .44-40 'MODEL 1892' LEVER-ACTION REPEATING SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 49122, with factory letter, manufactured in 1895, with blued, round 24 1/4in. barrel signed on two lines 'MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN CONN USA', special order 'Winchester Express' beaded blade fore-sight, rare 'Winchester Express' rear-sight with standing notch and two folding leaves, blued receiver with contrasting blued load-gate, screws and extractor, colour hardened central hammer, top-tang stamped 'MODEL 1892 WINCHESTER PAT. OCT. 14 1884', walnut shotgun style butt-stock with blued heel-plate, colour-hardened finger-lever, walnut fore-end, full-length under-barrel tubular magazine and eyelets for a Winchester sling, complete in an English market canvas storage case with leather trim, the interior lined and compartmented in red baize and including a rare nickel-plated muzzle-protector, the lid outer initialled 'A.M.G.', together with a provenance letter from the Cody Firearms Museum. S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act

Estimate 1 000 - 2 000 GBP
Starting price 1 000 GBP

* Not including buyer’s premium.
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For sale on Tuesday 30 Jul - 10:00 (BST)
wolferton-norfolk, United Kingdom
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